After giving it a full 10 hour charge and spending an afternoon loading apps, I’m favorably impressed with the Neutab N9. It’s fully loaded with basics and fast.The Android OS is as intuitive and user-friendly as one could expect it to be. The construction feels solid and durable enough to withstand grubby fingers and rude handling (short of a fall on a concrete floor). I ran the battery down to 4% the first day, to force a full charge, so it didn’t want to boot the second day, but a quick jab in the RESET button with a paperclip took care of that. Day two the battery seemed to discharge a lot faster, but then I discovered that the screen brightness had somehow gotten maxed (and it wasn’t like that the day before). I don’t know how I could have done that, but I’m still just a monkey with a revolver, so I’ll figure it out eventually. No major complaints out of the box.

Update: The product description on this Amazon page explicitly states that this tablet has 8 Gigabytes of memory and that is a blatant misstatement – it has a 4.52 Gigabyte memory with less than 2 Gigabytes internal storage space, which makes me wonder how many of the other statements in the product description are untrue, such as the RAM memory and even the processor. It came with a coupon in the box that states you get an extra year on the warranty if you post a review here – they say once you copy them on it, they’ll send you a confirmation email, but it’s been three days now. I guess your review has to be glowing enough to meet their approval, but it didn’t say that on the coupon.

NeuTab N9 Pro 9” Quad Core Google Android 4.2 is a very cost effective tablet. Neutab 9 inch N9 series is a Broadcom Processor, Quad core CPU / GPU and is a very good value in price per performance. It has 512 MB RAM. This runs Android 4.2.2 Android. I will go into the specifications and review based on my user experience. The screen resolution is 800 x 480. Please see my video review for details on performance – I do Temple run Oz and YouTube which are best indicators of the performance.

Most of tablets have ARM based processors. This makes sure all of the Apps in Google Play ecosystem available. If you look at my video review, I have screenshots showing the CPU speed and other kernel details. The screen is 800 x 480 Pixels. This supports a wireless with Wi-Fi (802.11 BGN). Tablet has 2 cameras – front and back. This has 8 GB storage and you can use an extensible SD card slot as well as cloud storage.Battery usage really depends on how heavy you use the system. Overnight it drained very less. Mobile Networking was on by default. I switched off as I was using only Wi-Fi mode. I suggest you go to Settings and tweak things which are not required. Developer Mode was enabled by default. I turned it off. The capacitive touch screen was really good, some occasions I had to press little harder and at right locations, but pinch-zoom, highlight, Copy-Paste all worked very well.

It is great the tablet has micro USB Port, 3.5-mm stereo Headphone Jack, built-in speaker, microphone, micro SD card slot and a DC Input Jack. Note that for powering through wall adapter you need to use the provided DC input jack. Speaker was loud enough. In a room, once I keep the tablet in a stand it was good. Speaker is on the backside, so you don’t want to lie this down on back as it will hamper the audio coming out. This is a design I hope changes in Android manufacturers in future. Android tablets are really customizable to your heart’s content. It is here where Neutab shines. Using a native Android 4.2.2, they have achieved something at a low cost. This can have a very wide reaching audience. In many countries, where affordability is key, having a tablet like this with Wi-Fi is a big boon. Imagine having entire Wikipedia at your fingertips for a child. I tried few educational applications on this. I consider this as a big hit with educators than gamers.

I tried Google Voice Search and asked “what is capital of United States”. The voice recognition part was great and it was able to recognize and dictate the answer. I also tried Wolfram Alpha and asked bunch of questions. E.g., what is world population, what is population of China etc? The microphone picked up correctly and answered through Wolfram Alpha. Apps like Calculator, Gmail performed flawlessly. I watched multiple video through few applications. Obvious first choice was YouTube. Was able to search and watch videos. I used TwIT.TV app and watched some segments of a podcast (video streaming through Wi-Fi). Again smooth playback. Handholding is really easy given the weight of it. It was a colorful blue; no heat observed handholding the tablet. It is plastic, and buttons are made of plastic. For a kid, this is perfect also though the feature set is equally appealing to an adult. I was so enamored with low cost computers in late 90s and it seems I am reliving them with tablet. If you want to listen to podcasts/watch video then this is perfect. Just keep it in a stand and connect to power. See my video review to get an idea of what I am referring to.

The keyboard dock makes it very easy to type documents in Google Drive or other note taking apps like Evernote. The USB attached keyboard is rugged and keys are smooth to type. This is an excellent innovation and dual serves as a case + keyboard combo. It also serves as a stand for watching playback videos.

For a computer geek, it is a challenge to design something with minimal resources – screen resolution, RAM, storage, chipset. Neutab has designed a tablet with budget conscious customer in mind. Out of the box, it worked to my satisfaction given the specification and price. Once powered on, it directly came to a working condition. No need to setup account prior to using. I signed with Wi-Fi, the Wi-Fi router was in one bedroom. I configured in another room separated by two rooms. There was no issue with Wi-Fi signal. Once connected, I created a Google account as well. I generated a Application Specific password as I had 2 factor authentication. Once signed on, I updated applications like YouTube, Google Keyboard etc. I also downloaded few applications like TwitT.TV, Tetris from EA, etc. I downloaded Chrome and browsed few websites. Listened to Audio / Watched Video. Out of the box battery needed a full charge. Initially without charge, I did a video stream and wanted to see how device shutdown. Sure enough it shut down as battery drained. Powered on…